A look at the headlines right now:
- Two men shot dead after taking hostages in French church, Islamic State group claims responsibility: The terror outfit said two of their 'soldiers' had carried out the attack, in which an 84-year-old priest was killed and several others injured.
- Appointment of new RBI governor unlikely before August monetary policy meeting, reports Reuters: Two government officials said Chief Economist of the World Bank Kaushik Basu was added to the shortlist of candidates to replace Raghuram Rajan.
- Irom Sharmila to break fast on August 9, will contest Manipur elections: She has been on a hunger strike since 2000 in protest against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
- AAP legislator Bhagwant Mann’s video exposed Parliament security system, says Lok Sabha panel: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had told the MLA not to attend the Monsoon Session till the inquiry report was submitted.
- Underperforming employees will not get annual hike, says 7th Pay Commission notification: The Finance Ministry accepted the panel's suggestion that increments be withheld from 'inefficient' staff who don't meet the 'laid down performance criterion’.
- Rajnath Singh approves seven-member expert panel to explore alternatives to pellet guns: The committee, to be headed by a senior Home Ministry official, will suggest non-lethal options to replace these weapons, whose use has been widely criticised.
- FIR against Delhi women's panel chief Swati Maliwal for reportedly revealing identity of rape victim: The DCW chairperson had spoken up after the 14-year-old Dalit girl died of injuries she sustained when her kidnappers made her a drink corrosive substance.
- Centre to send team to assess floods in Assam, says Rajnath Singh: Many parts of Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal have also been submerged, and thousands of people have been displaced.
- Lok Sabha passes Child Labour Bill that will allow children below 14 to take up ‘home-based work’: Before the Upper House cleared the Bill, a few Opposition members had pointed out some such jobs that put children at risk but are not considered ‘hazardous’.
- 'She has never quit on anything in her life': First Lady Michelle Obama endorses Hillary Clinton: On the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Clinton's former rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders also urged voters to support her.
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